Erembert of Toulouse

Saint Erembert of Toulouse was a monk of Fontenelle and bishop of Toulouse in France. He reposed around 657 by the Orthodox calendar, while Western sources have him dying around 670. He is commemorated on 14 May.

He was born in France to a noble Merovingian family; by some sources in the valley of Feuillancourt near Saint-⁠Germain-⁠en-⁠Laye, by others at Wocourt near Passy. He received the monastic habit from Saint Wandrille at the monastery of Fontenelle around 640, and was a disciple of Lambert, later abbot and bishop of Lyon. In 656 King Chlothar III made him bishop of Toulouse; he shepherded the flock for ten years and then returned to his monastery. His hagiography tells that with his staff he put out a raging fire that held a crowd trapped in the basilica.